The Latest: 03/25/2026 02:59pm ET

0:00This is an I Heart Podcast. Guaranteed Human Listen, we've seen what's out there for patio furniture, and what you've been paying is outrageous, but that was last season you, before you ditched the specialty stores and started saving more at home-sense. Now, you're listening to this while under a designer umbrella on a luxurious teak lounge chair, because it's easy to relax when you refuse to settle, on style, on price, and outdoor pieces that will actually outlast the season, home-sense, the home of no compromise, part of the home goods family. This is your 24-7 News Update, the latest views this hour in just four minutes. The White House says Iran is looking for an exit out of the war. Press Secretary Caroline Levitt says since the U.S. has taken out Iran's military, it's clear to them that now is the time to talk. Their ability to attack American and ally forces, as well as their ability to defend their own territory, is dwindling literally hour by hour.

1:02Levitt said if Iran does not deal, the U.S. will only ramp up its military offensive against the Islamic Republic. President Trump expressed optimism yesterday that the war would end soon with the ongoing talks. The White House is pointing the finger at Democrats as the partial government shutdown drags on. Democrats rejected a Republican proposal to reopen the Department of Homeland Security with only partial funding for ICE and instead offered a counter-proposal today. Press Secretary Levitt says Republicans have already offered plenty of concessions with regards to ICE. The stalemate has led to extremely long lines at TSA checkpoints at airports across the country. Social media giants may have to make major changes after being found liable for addicting kids to their platforms. This after the jury in Los Angeles today sided with the plaintiff a young woman in the landmark federal trial involving Instagram's parent company Mehta and YouTube's parent company Google. She accused the companies of designing their platforms to get her hooked early on, leading to depression and suicidal thoughts into adulthood. She was awarded $3 million in damages for the negligence involving the companies, Snapchat

2:03and TikTok previously settled with the woman. The Army is updating its enlistment policies, beginning April 20th, the maximum age for new enlistees will increase from 35 to 42. The branch also lifted the requirement for new recruits to receive a waiver if they have up to a single prior conviction for marijuana or drug paraphernalia possession. Parts of the Midwest and Ohio Valley are expected to cease of your storms nearly 50 million people could be impacted as the cold front comes through the region causing frigid winter -like temperatures. The system will race south and east through tomorrow night before reaching the mid-Atlantic by Friday morning, possibly bringing hail, damaging wind gusts and tornadoes. I'm Chris Caragio. The national pastime is back, the major league baseball regular season kicks off today. When the Yankees take on the Giants from San Francisco, the game will stream exclusively on Netflix at 8 p.m. Eastern as part of a new three-year deal. The traditional opening day slate is tomorrow, and it features about a dozen games, which includes the defending World Series champion Dodgers battling the Diamondbacks from L.A. This season also debuts a new automated ball-strike challenge system called ABS, where players

3:07can appeal pitch calls made by home played umpires. Each team gets at least two challenges a game. Easter is right around the corner, and that means it's time for Marshmello Peeps to retain us. It's time to show the chicks some love, as they always take a backseat to chocolate. Marshmello Peeps are an Easter tradition, but they don't even crack the top ten in favorite candy for the Easter basket. And the company says this year they have three new flavors to go along with the standard 40 pop tarts frosted strawberry, sunny D and chili lime mango, only 28 calories, but nearly three tablespoons of sugar per peep. A new Lord of the Rings movie is being developed by Stephen Colbert, Warner Bros. released a video last night with director Peter Jackson announcing the new project and introducing the late show host as Jackson's partner on the film titled The Lord of the Rings Shadows of the Past. A plot of the movie comes from chapters of the fellowship of the ring that didn't make it into Jackson's 2001 adaptation. Maybe that could be its own story that could fit into the larger story.

4:08Could we make something that was completely faithful to the books while also being completely faithful to the movies that you guys had already made? Colbert is a well known Lord of the Rings expert and said he's been working on the idea with his son, screenwriter Peter McGee, and developing a screenplay over the last two years. In the video, Jackson asks Colbert if he'll have time to work on the film because of his show when Colbert said he'll be free starting this summer. The final episode of the late show with Stephen Colbert is scheduled to air on May 21st. I'm Chris Caragio.